Creative Planet, AWN's parent company, has launched the beta version
of the new CreativePlanet.com, a cutting-edge portal for
entertainment industry professionals...
Creative Planet, AWN's parent company, has launched the beta version
of the new CreativePlanet.com,
a cutting-edge portal for
entertainment industry professionals. The editors who bring you
industry-leading online publications such as Animation World Network,
DirectorsWorld and VFXPro have scoured the Web to assemble and
present the most valuable news, links and job services, along with
discussion forums and a Research Center providing you with the most
up-to-date data and information affecting your career. The initial
focus of the portal is on the movie industry. However, over the
coming weeks Creative Planet will be expanding its content and
editorial into areas such as the television and music industries, as
well as launching new feature sets and directories. We invite you to
visit CreativePlanet.com, share your thoughts and join our community.
Help the Creative Planet grow! If you know of top animation books,
directories, job services, events and other resources around the
world, please submit them to us by sending an email to [email protected].
Creative Planet launched about 50 discussion forums in the
CreativePlanet.com portal
Center." All forums are hosted
by leading experts in their respective fields who are there to
facilitate conversation, answer questions, and refer users to
Creative Planet and outside content. Forum topics range from timely
events (Cannes 2000) to craft-related (3D Animation) or
technology-related topics (Streaming Web Media). A Workshop Series is
being instituted centering around specific topics for a short-term
period (1-4 weeks). Examples: "The Dumbing Down of Cinematography?"
and upcoming: "How to Sell Your Spec Script." You can interact by
logging on to the web site or by subscribing to the forums via email.
All suggestions and comments are welcomed in the "Give Feedback"
forum!
Animation forums include: 3D ANIMATION, which focuses on the latest
3D animation techniques, tools and applications for animation, visual
effects, Internet animation and other new-media technologies; 2D
ANIMATION, which offers the chance to talk about techniques,
technologies, products and resources to help you create your opus;
ANIMATION JOBS, NETWORKING, PORTFOLIO is the place where both sides
of the job hunt can inquire and share information, as well as discuss
issues concerning animation schools, workshops and educational
opportunities from around the planet; THE ANIMATION CAFE is a casual
free-for-all forum where members of the animation community can hang
out and digress on subjects that might be considered "off topic" in
the other animation forums.
your fellow animators.
